Kottke points us to this list of 102 movies every movie buff should see.
I’m not sure I buy the list, but I was curious how I stacked up:
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Well, well… I guess it’s meme time. (All the cool kids are doing it… Or something.)
Kottke posted a link to the Guardian’s list of 50 (51, actually) best film adaptations of books. Now folks are marking which they have read and/or seen.
I can dig it…
All Aboard (Mostly) for “Ocean’s Thirteen”
Warner Bros. announced Monday that Clooney, Pitt, Damon and most of the usual suspects from the first two Ocean pics will return for next year’s threequel, Ocean’s Thirteen. Steven Soderbergh will be on hand to direct for the third time.
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“The odds were long on this happening, and it would not have been possible were it not for those actors and director moving other projects out of the way,” Weintraub told Variety. “The five of us [Weintraub, Clooney, Pitt, Damon and Soderbergh] are all great friends, and we decided we were going to kill ourselves to get this done.”
Funny. Not a week ago I heard from my Hollywood sources that they were having a hell of a time getting Pitt to sign on. It seemed like he might have to beg off due to his baby-having with Miss Angelina. I’m man enough admit I was more than a little bothered by the news — my feeling being that the Clooney-Pitt chemistry is the main reason to watch these things, though I do wish Damon’s “Linus” would get more play.
But yeah, the vibe for this instalment of Ocean’s 11+n is supposed to be as “back to basics” as this kind of thing can be (at least partly, that translates to “No Girls!”, I guess). Now let’s see if they can actually manage to get the film in the can without a three ring circus. Odds are actually better than they had been previously, since they seem to be eliminating most of the jet-setting tomfoolery by shooting in the LA area.
While I will certainly watch it (and most likely enjoy it), I hope it turns out better than Twelve.
Monster’s Ball: Feds, Aryan Brotherhood come to paint the OC courthouse white
Based on claims by prosecutor Emmick and Smith, the AB—though much smaller than the Dirty White Boys, Nazi Low Riders, Mexican Mafia and Black Guerrilla Family—is the elite prison-based criminal organization in America. The Brotherhood recruited people who were fiercely loyal and street-smart; more than anything they were “psychopaths,� according to Smith, not excluding himself from that category.
An interesting peak through the window at the Aryan Brotherhood (You all know how fascinated I am with hate groups and gangs…).
Purely coincidentally, I watched American History X last weekend while The Wife was away at work. Effing fantastic, that movie.
Also note, this OC Weekly site always seems to have some good stuff. I think I need to add it to the regular rotation.
Just some randomness:
- Man, it seems like Google has de-listed the BlahStuff (or at least ranked me down a ton). My traffic has dropped by more than half starting last Wednesday. If any of y’all that get regular Google hits felt like mentioning BS in a fresh post in the hopes to re-upping my Google-juice, I’d appreciate it.
- Hey, look! It’s Mars!
- Monkey pictures are fun.
- Started working on a new double desk set-up for our office on Saturday. Got some nice 3/4″ maple veneer plywood and glued some half-inch MDF on the bottom to strengthen it up a bit. Got to use my flush-cutting router bit for the first time, but then it got all cold and snowy. Gonna treat the edges with some strips of this cool laminated oak I have, so it should give a cool effect. Photos when there’s something to see.
- My tattoo has a few spots that will require touch-up. I wonder if it’s just me, in general, or the forearm location, specifically, or a combo that cause me such problems in healing my tattoos.
- Saw Murderball on A&E. Good stuff (except for all the Dog the Bounty Hunter commercials). Zupan’s the man.
- The BU Terriers swept UMass and will meet UNH in the Hockey East semifinals.
- My friends at the Exchange Tavern managed to shoehorn a dart board into their fine establishment. I’m excited. Now if only they’d update their web site.
- What with Miracle Ed’s visit and the fresh tattoos, we’ve been out of the hot box for over a month now. Time to get back on the horse real soon. Luckily I haven’t slipped much (yet).
- The biggest crawdaddy you’ll ever see (thanks Brandon).
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